{"id":9511,"date":"2026-10-28T17:56:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T17:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=9511"},"modified":"2026-10-28T17:56:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T17:56:28","slug":"macos-touchscreen-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=9511","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s how macOS is changing for touchscreens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Touchscreen laptops <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/1019288\/apple-event-la-macbook-pro-touchscreen-questions\">are nothing new in the Windows world<\/a>, but Apple has only just announced its first MacBook with a touchscreen. Apple isn\u2019t rushing to change a bunch of things in macOS to optimize for touch, though; most of the touch action will be in the apps themselves, it seems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">As far as major macOS changes go, iOS\u2019s Dynamic Island will be debuting on the new MacBook Pro, and Apple touts the added touch controls as particularly useful for interacting with the interface to accept AirDrops and pause music playback. Otherwise, Apple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/newsroom\/2026\/10\/apple-unveils-groundbreaking-macbook-pro-with-proled-xdr-display\/\">gives some pretty predictable ways<\/a> that the touch input will work with the new MacBook Pro. You\u2019ll be able to pinch and zoom in on photos, drag and drop slides between two different presentations, and swipe to scroll through web pages. Which, yeah. That\u2019s how touchscreens work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The more interesting stuff will probably happen in individual apps. Unsurprisingly, Apple\u2019s apps will already be \u201coptimized\u201d for touch, and the system will automatically translate touches into clicks. Apart from that, Apple lists a handful of third-party apps that will take advantage of the new touch controls, including Notion, Canva, Zoom, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Lightroom, and DaVinci Resolve. Adding the possibility of multitouch to some of these pro creator apps is interesting, but for the most part it seems that touch will merely be a secondary input mechanism rather than a whole new way of interacting with the entire system. You\u2019ll be able to double tap to make a window full screen the way you can with a double click, and you can drag the corner of a window to resize it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/1020084\/macos-touchscreen-changes\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Touchscreen laptops are nothing new in the Windows world, but Apple has only just announced its first MacBook with a touchscreen. Apple isn\u2019t rushing to change a bunch of things in macOS to optimize for touch, though; most of the touch action will be in the apps themselves, it seems. 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